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Old 02-22-2009, 08:51 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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I would just like to hi to everybody.

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Old 02-22-2009, 08:58 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Hey Strange....welcome. Got bananas?
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Old 02-22-2009, 09:04 AM   #3 (permalink)
 
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Thanks,

Got bananas, am bananas. They are what I do for a living
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Old 02-22-2009, 10:25 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Welcome SD, when you get a chance please tell us more about your bananas.
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Old 02-22-2009, 10:47 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Got bananas, am bananas. They are what I do for a living
that is just awesome!!!! i love nanas.welcome to the org!
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Old 02-22-2009, 10:51 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Happy to have another experience banana person join us. Welcome!
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Old 02-22-2009, 11:44 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Hi strangedave, welcome to the board! You are the right guy in the right place right now...
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Old 02-23-2009, 12:48 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Welcome, Strange Dave! Whereabouts are you and your bananas?
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Old 02-23-2009, 08:25 AM   #9 (permalink)
 
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Welcome to the organization Dave!

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Old 02-23-2009, 08:51 AM   #10 (permalink)
 
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Welcome to the org sd if you need any help there are so mine ppl who can help.
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Old 02-26-2009, 01:45 PM   #11 (permalink)
 
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Bananas Brindando Re: Hello
Thank you all for your welcomes.

I live in Essex, England.

I ripen about 80,000 boxes of Windward Isle and Dominican Republic bananas a week at a ripening center in Great Dunmow, near Stansted, Essex.
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Old 02-26-2009, 07:05 PM   #12 (permalink)
 
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Holy moley SD - that is a lot of bananas even for me! Glad to hear that our island bananas are in good hands!
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Old 02-26-2009, 07:46 PM   #13 (permalink)
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WELCOME!!

How do you 'ripen' them??
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Old 02-26-2009, 08:19 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I vote Ethylene
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Old 02-27-2009, 03:05 PM   #15 (permalink)
 
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Yes, Ethylene (Ethy-Gene). But also with temperature and atmoshpere control.
These control how quickly they ripen, as and for when we need them to supply our customers.

island cassie, I ripen bananas from Banimiel and Savid. Thought you would like to know as you are in the D.R.
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Old 02-27-2009, 05:43 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I'm curious here, because the people on our big plantations are very tight-lipped about it. Do any of the bananas from Ecuador reach the UK?
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Old 02-28-2009, 12:13 PM   #17 (permalink)
 
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Yes, bananas from Ecuador do reach the UK, at the end of last year I was ripening about 5-10,000 boxes a week. This was after the Dominican Republic had the servere floods.
Can't remember the company that was supplying us though.
I shall found out during the week and let you know. I have 2000 arriving in my depot on Tuesday.
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Old 02-28-2009, 05:53 PM   #18 (permalink)
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I'd bet Fyffes or Feijoo, since you're overseas, although Chiquita has been branching out lately.
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Old 02-28-2009, 06:52 PM   #19 (permalink)
 
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Definately not Fyffes, they are our rivals. HA HA, can't afford them, have to help each other out these days, but are still rivals. And as for Feijoo, not heard of them in the UK.
I work for Windawards Bananas, (Wibdeco. We use to be part of geest/five isles).
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Old 02-28-2009, 07:53 PM   #20 (permalink)
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They must be going to the continent then, because Feijoo doesn't show up in North or South America....
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